This is the story of our 85-day trip around the world going westward. We started our trip on September 28, 2022, and arrived home on December 21, 2022, in time for Christmas – 20 plane legs later. I hope you’ll join us on this journey, and you can join us on our adventures by going to DAY ONE or joining at any point by looking at the individual days listed to the right. You may have to scroll down a little. We’d miss travelling since Covid, but that wasn’t the reason. Last June, having turned 70 recently and seeing health…
Tag: Nevada
Day 13 – Greetings From Las Vegas
We walked from our motel to the corner of the strip and Tropicana, Las Vegas, while it was only 28 degrees Celsius. This is where there are more hotel rooms than anywhere else in the world, with those from Excalibur, New York, New York, MGM and Tropicana. We walked north on the strip, popping into every casino to avoid the heat. We stopped at Eataly for breakfast. We visited Eataly a couple of times earlier in the year in New York City and enjoyed our experience. Our stroll continued to the Paris Casino, Venetian and Mirage. This is where the…
Day 12 – Hoover Dam
Today we travelled toward Las Vegas, passing by The Valley of Fire National State Park. Hoover Dam We made a slight detour east to visit the remarkable Hoover Dam, as we weren’t sure we would have time to visit on our way back to Phoenix. Once again, it is another tour site that is overcrowded. Impressive nonetheless. Then we made our way into Las Vegas and slowly took a good hour and a half to drive up the strip and back down to our motel. The Travel Lodge is about 600 m from the strip. It was still 32°…